métier

See also: metier and Metier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French métier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtjeɪ/

Noun

métier (plural métiers)

1. Any activity that is pursued as a trade or profession; a calling.
2. An activity to which a person is particularly suited.

   Synonyms: forte; see also Thesaurus:forte

3. An outstanding or beneficial feature.

Translations

calling

• Bulgarian: занаятие n (zanajatie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 職業／职业 (zh) (zhíyè)

• Danish: kald n
• Dutch: beroep (nl) m
• Finnish: ammatti (fi)
• French: métier (fr)
• German: Metier (de) n
• Portuguese: ofício (pt), metiê (pt) m
• Romanian: vocație (ro) f
• Swedish: kall (sv)

forte

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 專長／专长 (zh) (zhuāncháng)

• Danish: styrke c, force (da) c
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vahvuus (fi)
• German: Metier (de) n
• Romanian: putere (ro) f
• Swedish: styrka (sv)

feature

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特點／特点 (zh) (tèdiǎn)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ominaisuus (fi)

Anagrams

• reemit, retime, reëmit, tremie

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mestier, inherited from Vulgar Latin *misterium, a conflation of mystērium (whence French mystère) and ministerium (whence French ministère). Compare Spanish and Catalan menester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.tje/

• Audio:

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Noun

métier m (plural métiers)

1. job, profession, trade
2. skill
3. (textile arts) machine, device, loom

Synonyms

• (informal) boulot, job
• emploi, travail

Derived terms

• avoir du métier
• chacun son métier, les vaches seront bien gardées
• corps de métier
• c’est le métier qui rentre
• ficelles du métier
• il n’y a pas de sot métier
• métier à tisser
• métier de bouche
• plus vieux métier du monde

 

Descendants

• → English: métier
• → German: Metier

Further reading

• “métier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ermite, mérite, mérité